Molecular epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes Ricinus ticks in Lithuania

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-256

  Han, Xiuqi ^a   Juceviciene, Aurita ^b   Uzcategui, Nathalie Y ^a   Brummer Korvenkontio, Henrikki ^c   Zygutiene, Milda ^d   Jääskeläinen, Anu ^a   Leinikki, Pauli ^c   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Kaunas 2nd Clinical Hospital   (Lithuania)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Centre for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control   (Lithuania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

European subtype; Flavivirus; Ixodes ricinus; Molecular epidemiology; RT PCR; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; IXODES; LITHUANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACARI; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES RICINUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 24644445911     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20444     Document Type: Article

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